Weather Records on 16 May 1971

509 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 16 May 1971. Highest significance: Putten (Gld), NL.

Key Facts for 16 May 1971

On 16 May 1971, 509 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
83 were record highs and 170 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 503 daily.
Putten (Gld) set a daily record precipitation of 28.8 mm (1.1 in) on 16 May 1971.
Across 165 earlier years (1802 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 438 records.

Record Map

509 stations

509 station records on 16 May 1971 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 16 May 1971: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Putten (Gld)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Darnley Island School	Australia	Record daily precipitation	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Haskins Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Summit	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Longmire Rainier Nps	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Uccle	Belgium	Record daily precipitation	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Cherry Grove 2 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Graysville	Canada	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Washington 2 ESE	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Corvallis Water Bureau	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
State Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Newton	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Henderson 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Gaffney 6 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de	France	Record daily precipitation	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Marcus Hook	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Chester 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kentville Cda	Canada	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Newark Ag Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Caryville	United States	Record daily precipitation	72.6 mm (2.9 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Loxahatchee	United States	Record daily precipitation	89.4 mm (3.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Salisbury	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.8 mm (2.1 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Towson	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Walkerton 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.4 mm (2.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Warsaw 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Stuart	United States	Record daily precipitation	73.7 mm (2.9 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Mocksville 5SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.0 mm (1.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Oxford 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Valsetz	United States	Record daily precipitation	63.2 mm (2.5 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Greenwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.6 mm (2.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Buckingham	United States	Record daily precipitation	42.2 mm (1.7 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Randolph 5 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.2 mm (1.8 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Packwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.1 mm (1.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Parachilna	Australia	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gijon la Merced	Spain	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oneonta	United States	Record low maximum temperature	17.8 C (64.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Fleming	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Red Springs 1 SE	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ware Shoals	United States	Record daily precipitation	52.1 mm (2.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Startup 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.7 mm (2.3 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmington Porter Rsch	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Dawson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Eastman 1 W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Easton	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.4 mm (2.2 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Owings Ferry Landing	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Pocomoke City	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.5 mm (2.0 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Concord	United States	Record daily precipitation	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Brockton	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Wadesboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Chappells 2 NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.8 mm (1.9 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Emporia 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Clearwater	United States	Record low maximum temperature	10.0 C (50.0 F)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Fredonia	United States	Record high minimum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Chickamauga 2 SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Talbotton	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

509 records

Records set or tied on 16 May 1971 by type: Highest daily maximum 33, Lowest daily maximum 123, Highest daily minimum 50, Lowest daily minimum 47, Heaviest daily rainfall 241, Heaviest daily snowfall 12, Deepest snow cover 3.

Records on 16 May 1971 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	33
Lowest daily maximum	123
Highest daily minimum	50
Lowest daily minimum	47
Heaviest daily rainfall	241
Heaviest daily snowfall	12
Deepest snow cover	3

Records on 16 May 1971 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 503.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

427 broken records

Margins by which the 427 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 178.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

16 May 1971

Top 20 records on 16 May 1971 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
16 May 1971	Putten (Gld), NL	daily rain	28.8 mm (1.1 in)	10.5 mm (0.4 in)	91 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Darnley Island School, AU	daily rain	129.5 mm (5.1 in)	111.7 mm (4.4 in)	36 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Haskins Dam, US	daily rain	51.6 mm (2.0 in)	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Summit, US	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	10 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Longmire Rainier Nps, US	daily snowfall	16.8 cm (6.6 in)	11.7 cm (4.6 in)	49 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Uccle, BE	daily rain	41.6 mm (1.6 in)	13.8 mm (0.5 in)	32 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Montcornet, FR	daily rain	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	38 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Denton 2 E, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	64 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Cherry Grove 2 S, US	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22.4 mm (0.9 in)	4 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Graysville, CA	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	20 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Washington 2 ESE, US	daily rain	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Corvallis Water Bureau, US	daily rain	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	State Farm, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	25 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Newton, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	36 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Henderson 2 NNW, US	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	14.5 mm (0.6 in)	72 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Gaffney 6 E, US	daily rain	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	13 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Deols Chateauroux Aerodrome de, FR	daily rain	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	11.3 mm (0.4 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Marcus Hook, US	daily rain	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	37 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Chester 1 SE, US	daily rain	49.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	48 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
16 May 1971	Kentville Cda, CA	daily rain	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	15.5 mm (0.6 in)	33 years	37 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1802 to 1971

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1802 to 1971. 1971 had 509 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 05-16 in each year
Year	Records
1802	1
1806	1
1820	1
1825	1
1832	1
1837	1
1847	1
1856	1
1858	1
1861	1
1862	1
1863	1
1864	1
1866	1
1867	2
1871	1
1874	3
1878	1
1879	1
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1883	1
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	2
1888	2
1889	2
1890	1
1891	4
1892	3
1893	1
1894	2
1895	6
1896	2
1897	1
1898	11
1899	6
1900	7
1901	2
1902	10
1903	9
1904	17
1905	13
1906	25
1907	13
1908	6
1909	57
1910	24
1911	22
1912	13
1913	24
1914	11
1915	104
1916	38
1917	48
1918	395
1919	28
1920	69
1921	106
1922	31
1923	126
1924	152
1925	177
1926	211
1927	230
1928	121
1929	273
1930	170
1931	254
1932	441
1933	268
1934	304
1935	320
1936	520
1937	279
1938	299
1939	448
1940	334
1941	429
1942	721
1943	652
1944	531
1945	888
1946	327
1947	344
1948	281
1949	360
1950	210
1951	558
1952	773
1953	421
1954	251
1955	525
1956	697
1957	610
1958	361
1959	680
1960	370
1961	378
1962	1,295
1963	552
1964	313
1965	442
1966	420
1967	611
1968	790
1969	423
1970	520
1971	509
1972	625
1973	869
1974	1,207
1975	544
1976	518
1977	1,269
1978	808
1979	506
1980	830
1981	896
1982	427
1983	1,579
1984	981
1985	536
1986	747
1987	1,369
1988	946
1989	938
1990	1,068
1991	1,094
1992	809
1993	653
1994	705
1995	1,235
1996	1,835
1997	1,932
1998	1,500
1999	778
2000	1,129
2001	1,110
2002	694
2003	1,289
2004	869
2005	870
2006	1,345
2007	692
2008	1,034
2009	897
2010	836
2011	1,398
2012	770
2013	596
2014	1,483
2015	782
2016	793
2017	710
2018	1,013
2019	572
2020	431
2021	419
2022	717
2023	653
2024	601
2025	993
2026	558

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 25	395
25 to 50	26
50 to 75	3
75 to 100	0
100 to 125	2
125 to 150	0
150 to 175	0
175 to 200	1